Valentine's Day is Going Strong Despite Recession

So I headed down to Orchard for dinner tonight and being offered a stalk of rose at a grand $20 each! As I walked into Takashimaya, there was an unbelievable long queue for Louis Vuitton while Chanel and Tiffany & Co appeared chaotic with over-crowded customers.

This is so contradicting to what I have been reading in the news everyday. Hellooo? What about economic recession, market turmoil and financial crisis? Everyone was dragging the high-quality brown, white, blue and red (i.e. LV, Chanel, Tiffany and Cartier) paper bags. Wow, who would have thought that Valentine's day can actually help to stimulate the economy during recession.